This is an analysis of the poem The Man From Iron Bark that begins with:
It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney town,
He wandered over street and park, he wandered up and down. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXddeecX ffgXcX aaggcX ddhhcX ggcccX hhXXcX bbXXcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010100110101 11010111110111 1100111001111101 01110101110101 11111101100101 11110101110100 01011111110101 11011101110101 11010001111101 110111010110110 111111011101001 11111101010100 10110111010101 11011101111111 00010101010111 11010101010101 111101100110101 11010101110100 01110111110101 11010101110100 11010111110101 11011101010101 01010101010101 11010110010100 11011101110101 11011111110101 11010001110101 11111101110111 11011101111001 11010111010100 11010101010101 11010101110101 11010111110101 11010101110101 11010111010101 11010101010100 01011101100101 11010100110101 11110101111101 110101010101000 110111111010101 110111001110100 11110101010101 1101010110110001 11011101111101 11011101110101 11010111111001 11011101110100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 419
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, and, in, his, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Man From Iron Bark;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
